Songs from the acclaimed musical drama, TEN NOVEMBER: The Final Voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Acoustic Folk, Vocal)

14 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Traditional Folk, FOLK: Folk Blues



Details:
This is the music from a play called TEN NOVEMBER, written by playwright Steven Dietz and composer Eric Peltoniemi, about a modern-day shipwreck: the Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared on Lake Superior the tenth of November, 1975. No trace of her 29 crewmen was ever found. There have been dozens of productions of TEN NOVEMBER across the US and Canada since its premier in 1987, and for good reason. Compelling and imaginative, the play explores the mystert and controversy surrounding the Fitzgerald tragedy and reminds us how tenuous and precious are our ties to those we love in the face of the awesome power of nature. At the heart of it is the Great Lake Superior: a serene beauty, a fearsome force, a giver and taker of life.

These songs have haunted me since my days as a member of the original St. Paul cast. It has always been my wish to sing them again and, with the help of my colleagues whose talents you hear within, offer them to you.

Prudence Johnson, Claudia Schmidt and Ruth MacKeenzie, Vocals
Peter Ostroushko, violin & mandolin, Dan Chouinard, accordian and piano, Jeffrey Willkomm, bass guitar, and Eric Peltoniemi, acoustic guitar.